Mutation rates in whales are much higher than previously reported

ScienceDaily
Aug 31, 2023, 6:29 pm163 pts
An international team of marine scientists has studied the DNA of family groups from four different whale species to estimate their mutation rates. Using the newly determined rates, the group found that the number of humpback whales in the North Atlantic before whaling was 86 percent lower than earlier studies…

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